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But it does print it's source code if you don't modify it. It's like saying that it's not a quine because you formatted it.

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The unmodified version is obviously still a quine. The modified version is not. And yes, formatting matters!

Agreed, but no one ever asserted that it is a quine no matter what. It is a quine that just so happens to still run after decay

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The unmodified version is obviously still a quine. The modified version is not. And yes, formatting matters!

Agreed, but no one ever asserted that it is a quine no matter what. It is a quine that just so happens to still run after decay

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